1. How do you often eat fish? How about shellfish? Why?

2. Group yourselves into 6. Each group will list down how to purchase fish in the market.

3. FISH and SHELLFISH
Fish and shellfish are the two distinct groups of seafoods.

4. Fish and Shellfish Two types of water animals eaten as food FISH
Live in fresh or salt water
Have FINS and BACKBONES
SHELLFISH
Have SHELLS instead
of backbones
Freshwater-water, rainwater
Saltwater- sea water. Marine water

5. FISH
SHELLFISH

6. FISH HABITAT BODY SHAPE FAT CONTENT
Fish are categorized by their habitat, body shape at fat content.
Our oceans hold 48 percent of the world’s fish population.
Round shape- salmon, trout, sardines
, flat shape- tilapia, brill, sole
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7. SHELLFISH Shellfish can be divided into two groups: MOLLUSKS:
Soft bodies that are partially covered by hard shells
EX: Oysters, clams, scallops
CRUSTACEANS:
Covered by firm shells and have segmented bodies
EX: Shrimp, lobster, crabs
Mollusks-Invertebrate having a soft unsegmented body usually enclosed in a shell.
CRUSTACEANS- Any mainly aquatic arthropod usually having a segmented body and chitinous exoskeleton

8. MOLLUSKS
CRUSTACEANS

9. What nutrients are in fish and shellfish?
Vitamin A
Vitamin D
Great source of protein
Omega-3 fatty acids
Fat that is good for you, reduces heart disease
Eating fish is a great way to lower the amount of saturated fat in your diet!
Vitamin A-Any of several fat-soluble vitamins essential for normal vision; prevents night blindness, inflammation or dryness of the eyes
Vitamin D- A fat-soluble vitamin that prevents rickets

10. MARKET FORMS OF FISH

11. PURCHASING FISH Look for: Stiff body Tight scales Firm flesh
Bright and bulging eyes
No indentation when a finger is pressed into the flesh
Fresh smell!!! Odor indicates spoilage.
Gills are red in color

12. PURCHASING FISH Can purchase: WHOLE DRAWN: insides removed
DRESSED: insides, head, fins,
and scales removed
STEAKS: cross-sectional slices from a dressed fish
FILLETS: sides of the fish cut lengthwise

13. Purchasing SHELLFISH Shrimp-
Come in different colors and sizes when raw
Most are sold without head and thorax
May want to remove intestinal tract
DEVEINED shrimp is sold without intestinal tract
Sold by the pound
Comes in sizes- jumbo, large, med., small
Can buy cooked or uncooked

14. SIGNS of FRESHNESS
Shell covering shrimp should be firmly attached, and ODORLESS
Tails of lobster should snap back quickly after you flatten it
Live oyster and clam shell should be tightly closed or close when touched
BUY ONLY FROM A REPUTABLE DEALER! Stored on beds of ice.

15. STORING Fish/Shellfish
Fish is very perishable!
Store with care!
Keep in coolest part of the refrigerator
Use within 1-2 days

16. Cooking FISH and SHELLFISH
Finfish contain tender muscle fibers and little connective tissue, so…
Tenderizing is not a goal in cooking fish!
Cook for a SHORT amount of time
Shellfish is also naturally tender. Cook for a short amount of time at moderate temperatures.